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T. B. HURfvAN.

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T. B. THURMAN.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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` FOLDING BED.

Application filed September 27, 1915.

To all whom it Amay concern.'

Be it known that I, TANDY B. THURMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing'at Enid, in the county of Garfield and State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Beds, of which the following is a specication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in folding beds and has relation more particularly to a device of this general character of the well known davenport type; and it is an object of the invention to provide a device of this general character with novel and improved means whereby the .swinging front and hinged back may be effectively supported in a position to permit the device to be employed as a bed, and whereby the swinging front and hinged back may be readily adjusted into folded relation.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved folding bed whereby certain impor-- tant advantages are attained and the device is rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, all as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will be carefully defined in the appended claim.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with refe-rence to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a view, partly in elevation and partly in section, illustrating a bed structure with an embodiment of my invention applied thereto; Eig. 2 is a fragmentary view in top plan of the device as disclosed in Fig. l; Fig. 8 is a View similar to Fig. 1 with the swinging front and hinged back in folded adjustments; Fig. 4 is a view in perspective, detached, of the controlling lmember for the swinging front as herein embodied; and Fig. 5 is a view in perspective, detached, of one of the guides for the controlling member as herein employed.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, 1 denotes the seat or fixed section of a davenport or the like supported in any desired manner. Detailed description of the supporting mechanism as illustrated in the accompanying drawings is purposely omit- Speccaton of Letters Patent.

Patented SeptJZ, 191,6.

Serial No. 52,903.

ted as the same is to be embodied in a separate application and wherein the structure of said supporting means will be more specifically disclosed and particularly claimed. The present drawings illustrate only one end portion of the davenport or bed as the opposite end is to be arranged in accordance with the present disclosure.

Hingedly engaged with the seat or xed section 1 is the back 2 disposed longitudinally of the seat or fixed section 1 and adapted to swing upwardly and in pivotal engagement with the opposite longitudinal margin of the seat or fixed section 1 is the swinging front 3. The particular construction of the seat or fixed section l, the back 9. and the swinging front 3 forms no part of my present invention, except that it is preferred that the end members thereof be formed of angle iron.

1As herein disclosed, each of the end mem` bers 4: of the back section 2 is provided with an extension 5 of predetermined length and having pivotally engaged with the free extremity thereof, as at 6, the rigid link 7 of predetermined length and disposed transversely of the seat or fixed section 1 and positioned therebeneath, the inner end of said link 7 being pivotally engaged, as at 8, with the elongated controlling member 9 slidably engaged with the adjacent end member l() of the seat or fixed section 1 through the medium of the guides 11, the construction of which being more particularly disclosed in detailed Fig. 5.

It wilLbe noted that as the hinged back is swung downwardly the controlling member 9 will be forced outwardly and vice versa, and when the controlling member 9 is in its outer adjustment, as particularly disclosed in Fig. 1, it is adapted to underlie a side member 12 of the swinging front 3 whereby it will be perceived that said swinging front 3 is effectively maintained in a horizontal or extended position so that the davenport may be effectively used as a bed. The member 9 travels in a path occupying the horizontal plane in which is located the pivotal connection between the seat or fixed section 1 and the swinging front 3. It is to be understood that the swinging front 3 is manually swung upwardly. When the hinged back 2 is swung upwardly the controlling member 9 will be retracted from beneath the swinging front 8 whereupon said swinging front 3 will automatically drop and in order to limit the downward movement of the swinging front 3, I find it of advantage to provide the forward end of the operating member 9 with the depending extension 14 substantially perpendicular to the member 9 and serving as a. stop for the -swinging front 3, as is believed to be clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the accompanying drawings. It is also to be noted that the weight of the swinging front 3 when in lowered position will, by the contact of said front 3 with the depending extension 14: on the operating member 9, serve to maintain the back section 2 substantially rigid in its elevated position. It is also to be noted that the inward movement of the operating member 9 under the influence of the hinged back 4 is suchk as to otler no obstruction to the downward movement of the swinging front 8. It is also to be observed that the upward movement of the hinged back 2 is limited by contact of tl e end members I with the end members lO of the seat or Xed section l.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that a folding bed constructed in accordance with my invention is of an extremely simple and compara` tively inexpensive nature and is particu larly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without material departure from the principles and spirit invention in practice.

eral parts herein shown in carrying out my i I claim: v

A structure of the character described comprising a Xed or seat section, a back pivotally engaged therewith and provided with an extension adapted to underlie the fixed section, a swinging front pivotally engaged with the fixed section, a member supported for sliding movement by the Xed section and movable in the same horizontal plane in which the pivotal connection between the fixed section and the swinging front is positioned, and a rigid link operatively engaged with the extension of the hinged back and with the sliding member,-

whereby said sliding member will be projected beyond the fixed section to underlie the swinging front when the hinged back is lowered, and whereby said sliding member will be retracted when the hinged back is raised, said swinging front when in lowered position serving to lock the sliding member against outward movement and maintaining the back in upright position.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

TANDY B. THURMAN. Vitnesses:

MYRTLE DAVIS, E. C. BARNES.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

